Dance performance with the Deaf explorers

 Today we joined 5 other schools in Birmingham to put our dances, we have been learning, together and showcase them to our parents. We met our dance teachers once more to go over our routines and learn how the show would run. We also joined with the other schools to perform some of the tutting we had learnt together. We were slightly nervous but didn’t let that stop us putting on an amazing show. We are very proud of ourselves and have thoroughly enjoyed being involved in the Cog in the Wheel project.

  

Hook into new English topic, The Present short film by Jacob Frey

 To inspire us in our new English work this week we had a surprise package arrive in our classroom. We were excited to learn information about our gift and play with her.

Trampolining and Gymnastics with SEND active

 We had a brilliant time trying to improve our gymnastics skills, we especially enjoyed going on the trampolines and using the bars.

WW2 evacuation experience Beaumanor Hall

 We had an exciting time finding out what it would have been like for children in WW2. We were sent to a big house in the country where we were told a family would come and collect us, this we decided would have been scary. We went into an old classroom, made ID cards and learnt about rationing with a visit to a 1940's shop. In a disguised cottage we learnt about code breakers and had a go listening to sounds and translating (with some success) the messages. At lunch We had our rationed lunch of a sandwich, honey biscuit and apple or carrot, we also tried pickled onions, ginger beer, dandelion and burdock or cloudy lemonade. In the afternoon we heard the air raid siren and were rushed to the shelter. In the shelter it was cold and dark, we listened to a recording of an air raid to experience what it was like, the lights flashed on and off, light outside was like fire and the sound of bomb falling was very frightening. We had a GREAT  time but were pleased to be going home.